Tag: Hollywood

“Thank you to Kanye West and the fact that he is willing to tell the TRUTH,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Despite enthusiastic discourse around diversity in film, a report from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released Tuesday says when it comes to the numbers, little has changed. The most popular movies are still largely the domain of white, straight, able-bodied men, both in front of the camera and behind.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke says he raised more than $10.4 million over the past three months, putting him on track to again outpace U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, whom he’s trying to upset in November.

A group of 10 individuals were arrested and charged during a sting operation on a homemade gun ring in Hollywood, California.

Actor Jim Carrey of “Dumb and Dumber” fame has attacked President Trump’s Christianity, suggesting that Trump would have considered Jesus a “loser” while depicting him as a Roman soldier crucifying Christ.

While accepting the Generation Award at Monday’s MTV Movie and TV Awards, actor Chris Pratt told his millennial viewers “God is real,” they have a soul, and they have to take care of it.

Romania has passed massive tax cuts to entice movie producers after neighboring Czech Republic and Hungary showed how lucrative such tax incentives can be for the national economy.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood gathered at the 72nd Tony Awards on Sunday night to join actor Robert De Niro in trashing President Donald Trump.

Monday’s SCOTUS ruling on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, while not as sweeping as some of us would have liked, is still wonderful news. By a 7-2 margin, SCOTUS sided with a wedding cake artist who refused to design and bake a same-sex wedding cake.

Oliver Stone said French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Washington had been “very depressing” and marked a return to the “imperialism of old France”. He was speaking Tuesday as a special guest at a film festival in Iran.

The Chinese communist regime published a white paper on Tuesday detailing the alleged litany of human rights abuses Americans face, ranging from sexual harassment in Hollywood to the presence of wealthy individuals in politics.

Wealthy Jews are trying to take over the world and they are using the power of celebrity and fame in Hollywood to achieve their nefarious end, a Saudi scholar has claimed.

The Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has called for an end to auditions in private hotel rooms or houses in response to the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations across the industry.

The disheartening experience reflects the broader picture for many actors with disabilities, whose progress in Hollywood has lagged behind that of other minority performers demanding to be seen and hired. The reasons are complex, insiders and observers say, including unfounded concerns about added production costs, disability stereotypes and an industry clinging to entrenched habits.

Authentic Christian films are proving to be huge moneymakers for Hollywood studios, despite still being dismissed by many in the business as “not part of mainstream Hollywood fare.”

Hollywood is suffering one of the worst domestic March downturns in its recent history, according to the latest box office figures.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in New York City on Monday for the beginning of a U.S. tour that will take him through Seattle and Silicon Valley to Hollywood, as he meets with media and tech leaders to talk up Saudi investments and follow up on at least one recent massive purchase: his acquisition of a $400 million stake in Hollywood talent agency WME/Endeavor.

Hollywood director Terry Gilliam said Friday that the #MeToo movement has morphed into ‘mob rule,’ claiming that while some women suffered, others used Harvey Weinstein to further their careers.

Actor Terry Crews has claimed that Hollywood is a ‘very violent place’ comparable to a ‘plantation’ as people react to his own claims that he was sexually assaulted by a powerful talent agent.

A study by the Parents Television Council (PTC) reveals that even in shows rated as okay for children, Hollywood gun violence has increased dramatically on television over the last five years.

The 2018 Academy Awards hit an all-time low with American viewership, making the red carpet more intriguing than the awards ceremony itself.

One of the most woke moments at Sunday’s 90th Academy Awards saw Keala Settle sing the song ‘This is Me’ from the film The Greatest Showman, with the stage being filled with people representing nearly every walk of life.

“Conservatives don’t want to pay attention to the culture. This is why you keep losing,” said Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.

Mark Ruffalo, a progressive Hollywood actor, has joined Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—an independent progressive who caucuses with Democrats—in a bipartisan anti-establishment effort to stop illegal U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.

Several top conservative movement leaders are pressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to intervene in a proposed Disney merger with 21st Century Fox over concerns that the resulting essentially monopolistic control of content creation in one company would produce even more “harmful and explicit content” inappropriate for children and families.

A survey conducted among women in Hollywood and published Wednesday has shown how pervasive the problem of sexual harassment and misconduct is in the U.S. entertainment industry.

China’s Lunar New Year celebration is in full swing, and a new Hong Kong blockbuster film is hitting theaters just in time for height of movie season: Operation Red Sea, described by the state-run Global Times as “a patriotic movie about Chinese marines carrying out a daring rescue mission.”

“We all need to recognize that falsely accused people are victims, too,” said Cassie Jaye of persons — mostly men — who are falsely accused of committing sexual misconduct. She made her comments within a broader discussion on feminism and associated #MeToo narratives.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and producer Dan Lin launched the Evolve Entertainment Fund on Monday, a private-public partnership to boost diversity within the entertainment industry.

Philip Raskind, a partner at the high-profile Hollywood talent agency WME is under investigation for alleged workplace misconduct.

A subsidy that died at the end of the Obama era was surprisingly revived by the budget bill, albeit as a strange, undead beast.

The son of a British Hollywood director has appeared in an al-Qaeda propaganda video calling for new recruits to join the Islamic terrorist organization.

Stephen King claimed this week’s fatal train crash, which was carrying Republican congressmen and killed one person, was ‘karma’ in a post on Twitter.

Pakistan once again denied accusations that it harbors jihadists, this time shifting the blame towards Hollywood, saying America’s movie maker is “the biggest hub of pornography and terrorism,” reports Dawn.

A-list celebrities and singers are requested to wear white roses on their 2018 Grammy Awards ensembles in order to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse.